Old woman's sneeze mistaken for gunfire

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Old woman's sneeze mistaken for gunfire.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1809.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Other things with mistaken identities.

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